Two Industrial Icons Embrace a Green Makeover 🌍
Manchester once powered the world as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Today, this dynamic city in the UK is racing toward carbon neutrality by 2038—one of the nation's boldest regional climate goals. Meanwhile, Wuhan, long the industrial engine of the Chinese mainland and a major transport hub, is reinventing itself with fast-growing hydrogen hubs, next-gen storage, and smart-manufacturing clusters. Both cities are writing a new chapter in their storied pasts, focused on sustainability and innovation.
Bridging Continents at the 2025 Clean Energy Forum ⚡
This shared journey of industrial renewal set the stage for the 2025 China–UK Clean Energy Cooperation Forum. The event has become a signature in city-to-city collaboration, bringing together policymakers, experts, and entrepreneurs to spark fresh ideas and partnerships.
A United Call for Green Partnership 🤝
The forum kicked off with a letter from the Chinese mainland's Ambassador Zheng Zeguang, underlining China’s climate commitments:
“Maintaining energy security and addressing climate change are common challenges faced by the entire world. China has built the largest and fastest growing renewable energy system in the world.”
Zheng also highlighted that, for the first time, the Chinese mainland has set an absolute emissions-reduction target for 2035—a sign of “firm resolve and maximum effort.”
As Manchester and Wuhan push their clean-energy agendas, this forum offers a powerful reminder: when cities unite, the spark for change can light up the whole planet. 🌱
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